Friday, Nov. 1 is the deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail for city elections on Tuesday, Nov. 5. To receive an absentee ballot in the mail for city elections, local county auditors must receive the completed absentee ballot request form no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 1.

It’s been almost a year since the Laurens-Marathon School Board first discussed the idea of athletic sharing and those talks finally led to the board making a motion to discuss athletic sharing with Sioux Central/Albert City-Truesdale and Pocahontas school boards.

Buena Vista County Sheriff Gary Launderville asked the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning to replace and repair the control room carpet inside the Buena Vista County Jail. The jail was completed in 2007 and the process of moving in was completed in 2008.